as in stupid
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
he's always got some half-baked "solution" to a difficult, complex problem
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Recent Examples of half-baked
Some of the app's settings and tools are half-baked, and their Bluetooth LE Audio support isn’t perfect.
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Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
Even if the products such as the agent mode in Perplexity and Atlas feel half-baked, the hope is that getting into the market early will collect more data than their competitors.
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Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
13 Nov. 2025
If that hasn’t been done, the AI will likely try to generate code, but the results will probably be half-baked and extremely sketchy.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Many were half-baked at best and designed for clicks, comments and likes — the insistent demand of the internet age.
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Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for half-baked
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
Even if the products such as the agent mode in Perplexity and Atlas feel half-baked, the hope is that getting into the market early will collect more data than their competitors.
—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
13 Nov. 2025
If that hasn’t been done, the AI will likely try to generate code, but the results will probably be half-baked and extremely sketchy.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Many were half-baked at best and designed for clicks, comments and likes — the insistent demand of the internet age.
—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for half-baked
Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-baked
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But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly.
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White can believe Hokit said something stupid and still believe fighters should be allowed to speak for themselves.
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Further, Plato’s disdain for Gorgias, Antisthenes’ first teacher, and sophistry in general is clear; in the Platonic dialogue Gorgias, the titular character is made out to be rather foolish.
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One is villianized and one is made to look foolish.
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Over the years, the visuals dramatically improve, from snuff film aesthetics to confidently silly splendor.
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The Alexa smart assistant is as good as ever, with tons of useful and silly skills, along with deep integration for ordering items via Amazon.
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The 41-year-old is still an elite NBA player, which is still an absurd reality to consider.
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The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
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For example, Fred Again is absolutely doing insane things with the MPC Lives.
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That dwarfs anything the powerhouse Spain teams did in the early 2010s, when the team was known for stringing together an insane number of passes that led to a goal.
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Or that Penélope Cruz’s sultry chilliness would jibe with either her male counterparts or Wilde’s diary-of-a-mad-housewife interpretation of a brittle, eager-to-impress woman brimming with creative frustration.
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Are Nationals fans still mad at Bryce Harper for leaving?
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David and Erica Harrig, Gretna, Nebraska The Harrigs went a little crazy after winning a $61 million Powerball jackpot in 2013.
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Even the vegetable averse will go crazy for these green beans made with bacon, crispy Parm, and plenty of garlic.
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Along for the ride is his fawning, idiotic buddy Stevie (Steve Little).
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That’s been an idiotic trope for too long — that participating in the business side of it taints you.
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